Part 1 Multiple Choice (每小题： 分) Directions: Choose the best answ er from the four choices marked A, B, C and D. 1. They packed the instruments carefully ____ they would be broken during transportation. A. so that B. on condition that C. for fear that D. provided that 2. Lots of people pretend that they never read advertisements, but this claim ________. A. may be hardly doubted B. may be seriously doubted C. may be hard doubting D. may be doubted serious 3. ______ hostels (客栈) may not offer the most comfortable quarters, they are convenient, inexpensive, and attractive to traveling students and young people. A. When B. While C. Now that D. If 4 . Almost all the countries in the world hoped that the warring sides would ________ a compromise. A. affect B. effect C. come D. lead 5 . Our talk was completely ________out by the roar of the machines. As a result, we had to communicate with gestures. A. decreased B. reduced C. smashed D. drowned 6 . She was arrested for ______ state secrets to a foreign reporter in return for her son going abroad. A. getting away B. giving away C. breaking away D. putting away 7 . Can you ______ furnishing your house luxuriously at a time when the company is losing so much money? A. verify B. identify C. justify D. clarify 8 . There _______ new problems in respect of the relationship between the two countries in recent years. A. rose B. raised C. lifted D. arose 9 . The professor kept speaking about his new discovery in the field, only ____ occasionally to have a mouthful of tea. A. dropping off B. breaking off C. putting off D. setting off 1 0 . After the meeting the workers went back to their ________ workshops. A. respectable ...
